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ExtraBITS for 19 July 2010
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  by TidBITS Staff <editors@tidbits.com>
  article link: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/11439>

  The iPhone 4 antenna problems dominated the news this week, and
  along with a number of articles in this week's issue, we wanted to
  point you to an engineer's dismissal of the Consumer Reports testing
  methodology and Jason Snell's tour of Apple's previously secret
  wireless testing lab. Also, if you're thinking of going to Macworld
  Expo next January, you can get a free show floor pass through next
  week.


**Macworld Tours Apple's Secret Wireless Lab** -- As part of the
  campaign to reverse the damaging discussions of iPhone 4 antenna
  problems, Apple took 11 journalists on a tour of the company's
  previously secret wireless-testing facilities. The tour was designed
  to show just how seriously Apple takes wireless design and testing,
  and Macworld's Jason Snell provided a fascinating description of the
  experience.

<http://www.macworld.com/article/152771/2010/07/wireless_lab.html>

  Read/post comments

<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11428#comments>


**Engineer Dismisses Consumer Reports iPhone Tests** -- Consumer
  Reports has often taken flack for their coverage of the Macintosh,
  and that trend may be continuing into the iPhone world. On his blog,
  electromagnetic engineer Bob Egan claims that the RF testing that
  Consumer Reports did with regard to the iPhone 4 antenna issue was
  seriously flawed.

<http://mobileanalyst.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/iphone-4-report-consumer-reports-study-is-full-of-crap/>

  Read/post comments

<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11426#comments>


**More Free Registration for Macworld Expo 2011** -- If you missed the
  two-week window for free Macworld Expo 2011 registration earlier
  this year, you have another chance. Through 25 July 2010, you can
  sign up for a free Expo Only pass at the Macworld Expo Web site. The
  show floor will be open from 27 January 2011 through 29 January
  2011.

<http://www.macworldexpo.com/register>

  Read/post comments

<http://db.tidbits.com/article/11425#comments>



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